2003 AFL Round 1: Brisbane Lions v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 29 March 2003 between Brisbane Lions and Essendon during round 1 of the 2003 AFL season. Brisbane Lions hosted Essendon at Gabba. Michael Voss captained the hosts. James Hird captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Leigh Matthews and the visitors were coached by Kevin Sheedy.

Brisbane Lions
Back: C. Johnson, M. Michael, D. Bradshaw
Half-back: C. Scott, J. Leppitsch, M. Ashcroft
Centre: M. Pike, M. Voss (capt.), J. Akermanis
Half-forward: S. Hart, J. Brown, N. Lappin
Forward: L. Power, A. Lynch, D. White
Follower: J. Charman, B. Scott, S. Black
Int.: B. Caracella, D. McLaren, T. Notting, A. Shattock

Essendon
Back: M. Johnson, A. McPhee, S. Wellman
Half-back: D. Solomon, D. Jacobs, A. Ramanauskas
Centre: D. Rioli, J. Hird (capt.), D. Peverill
Half-forward: M. Mercuri, S. Lucas, D. Cupido
Forward: A. Welsh, M. Lloyd, M. McVeigh
Follower: D. Hille, J. Johnson, J. Misiti
Int.: S. Alessio, J. Bannister, R. Forster-Knight, J. Reynolds

Brisbane Lions (14.20.104) defeated Essendon (8.13.61).

Goalkickers
Brisbane Lions: D. Bradshaw (4), A. Lynch (2), L. Power (2), M. Voss (2), J. Akermanis, S. Black, S. Hart, T. Notting
Essendon: M. Lloyd (4), D. Cupido (2), D. Hille, D. Rioli

As a result of this match, Brisbane Lions were then 2nd on the ladder and Essendon were then 15th on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2003 AFL Season
Round: Round 1
Teams: Brisbane Lions v Essendon
Date: Saturday 29 March 2003
Time: 7:10 PM
Venue: Gabba
Attendance: 36,197

Match Results

Outcome: Brisbane Lions def. Essendon
Score: 14.20.104 - 8.13.61

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Brisbane Lions 4 . 7 9 . 10 11 . 17 14 . 20 14 . 20 (104)
Essendon 1 . 5 4 . 9 6 . 9 8 . 13 8 . 13 (61)
Margin BRIL by 20 BRIL by 31 BRIL by 38 BRIL by 43 BRIL by 43
Duration 31:29 30:52 27:57 27:22 1:57:40

Honour Roll

Coaches: Leigh Matthews (Brisbane Lions), Kevin Sheedy (Essendon)
Captains: Michael Voss (Brisbane Lions), James Hird (Essendon)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: S. McBurney, M. Vozzo (#2), S. Wenn

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Michael Voss BRIL 3 3
Nigel Lappin BRIL 44 2
Brad Scott BRIL 5 1

Player Statistics

Brisbane Lions

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
12 Akermanis, Jason WR 88% 1 6 20 18 2 5 0 6 2 2 0 1 0 6
10 Ashcroft, Marcus HBFR 100% 0 0 12 7 5 4 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0
20 Black, Simon RO 97% 1 0 18 12 6 1 0 2 5 4 2 3 0 7
36 Bradshaw, Daniel BPR 100% 4 2 16 12 4 9 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 2
16 Brown, Jonathan CHF 100% 0 0 19 11 8 9 1 1 0 2 0 1 0 8
1 Caracella, Blake INT 52% 0 0 10 8 2 3 0 2 3 0 0 0 0 2
19 Charman, Jamie RU 58% 0 1 6 4 2 2 13 4 1 1 1 0 0 3
32 Hart, Shaun HFFL 92% 1 0 16 11 5 2 0 2 1 1 2 0 1 2
2 Johnson, Chris BPL 96% 0 1 10 5 5 3 0 0 1 1 0 1 4 1
44 Lappin, Nigel HFFR 70% 0 1 27 20 7 8 0 2 4 3 1 1 1 10
23 Leppitsch, Justin CHB 100% 0 0 15 13 2 6 0 1 1 1 2 0 3 1
11 Lynch, Alastair FF 89% 2 3 11 9 2 7 0 0 0 4 0 2 1 1
25 McLaren, Dylan INT 45% 0 0 1 0 1 1 18 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
15 Michael, Mal FB 100% 0 0 14 8 6 4 0 0 0 1 0 1 8 0
8 Notting, Tim INT 60% 1 0 16 12 4 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 4
13 Pike, Martin WL 68% 0 0 10 8 2 2 0 0 3 2 0 2 0 4
6 Power, Luke FPL 71% 2 1 8 6 2 2 0 0 2 2 1 1 0 3
5 Scott, Brad RR 100% 0 1 18 11 7 8 0 1 0 2 0 2 2 2
22 Scott, Chris HBFL 100% 0 0 14 9 5 6 0 0 0 2 2 2 3 1
34 Shattock, Aaron INT 64% 0 1 11 6 5 4 0 3 1 0 1 0 1 3
3 Voss, Michael (c) C 100% 2 1 26 21 5 4 0 3 7 2 4 2 2 7
33 White, Darryl FPR 50% 0 0 3 2 1 0 1 2 0 1 1 1 1 1
Rushed 2
Total (22 players) 14 20 301 213 88 94 33 30 33 34 18 20 30 68

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
27 Alessio, Steven INT 73% 0 0 10 7 3 1 13 1 4 0 1 0 2 1
36 Bannister, Jordan INT 43% 0 0 11 6 5 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
13 Cupido, Damian HFFR 100% 2 2 15 15 0 5 0 2 0 3 2 2 1 3
15 Forster-Knight, Robert INT 30% 0 0 10 6 4 5 0 1 2 0 0 0 2 0
19 Hille, David RU 67% 1 0 7 2 5 2 10 0 2 3 1 1 0 0
5 Hird, James (c) C 92% 0 0 18 15 3 4 0 2 5 1 2 0 1 3
21 Jacobs, Danny CHB 100% 0 0 21 16 5 4 0 1 1 2 2 0 9 0
14 Johnson, Jason RR 76% 0 1 22 14 8 12 1 1 3 1 0 0 2 3
1 Johnson, Mark BPL 93% 0 0 16 9 7 3 0 2 1 4 2 3 3 1
18 Lloyd, Matthew FF 100% 4 1 9 6 3 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1
25 Lucas, Scott CHF 100% 0 0 18 12 6 7 0 2 1 4 1 2 4 3
33 McPhee, Adam FB 100% 0 0 13 10 3 7 1 1 0 1 0 0 2 1
10 McVeigh, Mark FPR 85% 0 1 15 12 3 5 0 4 0 1 1 1 1 6
2 Mercuri, Mark HFFL 85% 0 1 13 5 8 5 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 2
24 Misiti, Joe RO 82% 0 0 20 13 7 6 0 3 3 1 2 1 0 3
11 Peverill, Damien WR 87% 0 0 19 12 7 6 0 1 2 0 2 0 4 0
9 Ramanauskas, Adam HBFR 100% 0 2 23 11 12 6 1 4 2 0 1 0 2 3
29 Reynolds, Joel INT 82% 0 0 8 7 1 4 0 3 0 4 1 2 1 6
43 Rioli, Dean WL 63% 1 1 17 10 7 3 0 1 6 1 0 0 1 5
7 Solomon, Dean HBFL 100% 0 0 13 13 0 7 0 0 0 4 0 2 2 2
6 Wellman, Sean BPR 100% 0 0 17 14 3 7 0 1 0 7 0 3 6 2
12 Welsh, Andrew FPL 41% 0 0 9 7 2 3 0 3 0 1 1 1 1 1
Rushed 4
Total (22 players) 8 13 324 222 102 109 26 37 32 39 20 18 45 47

Legend

ToG%: Time-on-Ground Percentage, GL: Goals, BH: Behinds, DI: Disposals, KI: Kicks, HB: Handballs, MK: Marks, HO: Hitouts, TA: Tackles, CL: Clearances, CR: Clangers, FF: Free Kicks For, FA: Free Kicks Against, RF: Rebounds Inside 50, IF: Inside 50s

Player Line-Up

Brisbane Lions Coach: Leigh Matthews
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
1 M. Johnson 33 A. McPhee 6 S. Wellman 19 J. Charman 1 B. Caracella
33 D. White 11 A. Lynch 6 L. Power 5 B. Scott 25 D. McLaren
FORWARD 20 S. Black 8 T. Notting
HALF-BACK

34 A. Shattock
7 D. Solomon 21 D. Jacobs 9 A. Ramanauskas



44 N. Lappin 16 J. Brown 32 S. Hart



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



43 D. Rioli 5 J. Hird (c) 11 D. Peverill



12 J. Akermanis 3 M. Voss (c) 13 M. Pike FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 19 D. Hille 27 S. Alessio
HALF-FORWARD 14 J. Johnson 36 J. Bannister
2 M. Mercuri 25 S. Lucas 13 D. Cupido 24 J. Misiti 15 R. Forster-Knight
10 M. Ashcroft 23 J. Leppitsch 22 C. Scott

29 J. Reynolds
HALF-BACK



FORWARD



12 A. Welsh 18 M. Lloyd 10 M. McVeigh



36 D. Bradshaw 15 M. Michael 2 C. Johnson



BACK



Essendon Coach: Kevin Sheedy

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 BRIL Rushed behind 0.1.1 - 0.0.0 01:42
BRIL Michael Voss behind 0.2.2 - 0.0.0 02:27
BRIL Daniel Bradshaw goal 1.2.8 - 0.0.0 03:28
ESSE Damian Cupido behind 1.2.8 - 0.1.1 04:52
BRIL Alastair Lynch goal 2.2.14 - 0.1.1 06:02
BRIL Luke Power goal 3.2.20 - 0.1.1 07:21
BRIL Daniel Bradshaw behind 3.3.21 - 0.1.1 08:07
BRIL Alastair Lynch behind 3.4.22 - 0.1.1 09:19
ESSE Rushed behind 3.4.22 - 0.2.2 10:22
BRIL Jason Akermanis behind 3.5.23 - 0.2.2 14:04
ESSE Damian Cupido goal 3.5.23 - 1.2.8 15:18
ESSE Dean Rioli behind 3.5.23 - 1.3.9 17:13
BRIL Michael Voss goal 4.5.29 - 1.3.9 21:44
BRIL Brad Scott behind 4.6.30 - 1.3.9 24:10
BRIL Jason Akermanis behind 4.7.31 - 1.3.9 25:30
ESSE Mark McVeigh behind 4.7.31 - 1.4.10 29:18
ESSE Adam Ramanauskas behind 4.7.31 - 1.5.11 30:43
Q2 BRIL Daniel Bradshaw goal 5.7.37 - 1.5.11 00:35
ESSE Matthew Lloyd behind 5.7.37 - 1.6.12 03:26
ESSE Matthew Lloyd goal 5.7.37 - 2.6.18 05:44
BRIL Alastair Lynch goal 6.7.43 - 2.6.18 09:19
ESSE Matthew Lloyd goal 6.7.43 - 3.6.24 11:28
BRIL Daniel Bradshaw goal 7.7.49 - 3.6.24 15:56
BRIL Jason Akermanis behind 7.8.50 - 3.6.24 18:18
ESSE Jason Johnson behind 7.8.50 - 3.7.25 19:16
BRIL Michael Voss goal 8.8.56 - 3.7.25 20:02
ESSE Mark Mercuri behind 8.8.56 - 3.8.26 21:35
ESSE Rushed behind 8.8.56 - 3.9.27 24:27
ESSE Dean Rioli goal 8.8.56 - 4.9.33 25:43
BRIL Daniel Bradshaw behind 8.9.57 - 4.9.33 27:23
BRIL Jason Akermanis goal 9.9.63 - 4.9.33 28:39
BRIL Aaron Shattock behind 9.10.64 - 4.9.33 30:26
Q3 BRIL Alastair Lynch behind 9.11.65 - 4.9.33 02:30
BRIL Nigel Lappin behind 9.12.66 - 4.9.33 03:18
ESSE Matthew Lloyd goal 9.12.66 - 5.9.39 05:16
BRIL Tim Notting goal 10.12.72 - 5.9.39 06:57
BRIL Rushed behind 10.13.73 - 5.9.39 08:25
BRIL Jason Akermanis behind 10.14.74 - 5.9.39 09:42
BRIL Jamie Charman behind 10.15.75 - 5.9.39 11:31
BRIL Alastair Lynch behind 10.16.76 - 5.9.39 16:50
BRIL Shaun Hart goal 11.16.82 - 5.9.39 19:58
BRIL Jason Akermanis behind 11.17.83 - 5.9.39 20:55
ESSE Damian Cupido goal 11.17.83 - 6.9.45 23:03
Q4 BRIL Luke Power behind 11.18.84 - 6.9.45 00:34
ESSE Rushed behind 11.18.84 - 6.10.46 01:20
BRIL Luke Power goal 12.18.90 - 6.10.46 02:33
ESSE Matthew Lloyd goal 12.18.90 - 7.10.52 05:44
BRIL Simon Black goal 13.18.96 - 7.10.52 09:10
BRIL Daniel Bradshaw goal 14.18.102 - 7.10.52 11:00
BRIL Jason Akermanis behind 14.19.103 - 7.10.52 12:23
BRIL Chris Johnson behind 14.20.104 - 7.10.52 14:49
ESSE Rushed behind 14.20.104 - 7.11.53 16:30
ESSE Adam Ramanauskas behind 14.20.104 - 7.12.54 19:33
ESSE Damian Cupido behind 14.20.104 - 7.13.55 20:59
ESSE David Hille goal 14.20.104 - 8.13.61 25:05